All Outputs (213)

Breaking the convention: researching the 'illegal' migration of refugees to Europe (2003)
Journal Article
Black, R. (2003). Breaking the convention: researching the 'illegal' migration of refugees to Europe. Antipode: A Radical Journal of Geography, 35(1), 34-54. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8330.00301

The study of refugees by geographers and other social scientists is, almost by definition, framed around a series of legal categories, which provide us with more or less neat categories of types of involuntary migrants. Yet the process of migration e... Read More about Breaking the convention: researching the 'illegal' migration of refugees to Europe.

Forced migration and sustainable development: post-conflict opportunities in Ethiopia and Mozambique (2003)
Journal Article
Black, R. (2003). Forced migration and sustainable development: post-conflict opportunities in Ethiopia and Mozambique. Praxis (Medford, Mass.), 18, 31-41

Conceptions of 'home' and the political geography of refugee repatriation: between assumption and contested reality in Bosnia-Herzegovina (2002)
Journal Article
Black, R. (2002). Conceptions of 'home' and the political geography of refugee repatriation: between assumption and contested reality in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Applied Geography, 22(2), 123-138. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0143-6228%2802%2900003-6

Recent years have seen growing recognition of the dynamic and negotiated nature of cultural identity, and the globalization of political and economic processes. However, assumptions about the rootedness of people in particular places retain a powerfu... Read More about Conceptions of 'home' and the political geography of refugee repatriation: between assumption and contested reality in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Options for Change: Mayors, Cabinets or the Status Quo? (2002)
Journal Article
Rao, N. (2002). Options for Change: Mayors, Cabinets or the Status Quo?. Local Government Studies, 29(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/714004172

London Metropolis Redux (2002)
Journal Article
Rao, N. (2002). London Metropolis Redux. GeoJournal, 58(1), 3-9. https://doi.org/10.1023/B%3AGEJO.0000006568.47101.2e

Special issue on 'Developments in the Government of Seven European Metropolitan Areas'

Governing London (2002)
Book
Rao, N., & Pimlott, B. (2002). Governing London. Oxford University Press

Labour and Education: Secondary Reorganisation and the Neighbourhood School (2002)
Journal Article
Rao, N. (2002). Labour and Education: Secondary Reorganisation and the Neighbourhood School. Contemporary British History, 16(2), 99-120. https://doi.org/10.1080/713999449

Refugees (2001)
Book Chapter
Black, R. (2001). Refugees. In V. Desai, & R. B. Potter (Eds.), The Arnold companion to development studies (436-440). Hodder Arnold

Refugees and transnationalism: the experience of Bosnians and Eritreans in Europe (2001)
Journal Article
Al-Ali, N., Black, R., & Koser, K. (2001). Refugees and transnationalism: the experience of Bosnians and Eritreans in Europe. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 7(4), 615-634. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691830120090412

The study of transnationalism has largely bypassed refugees, or in rare cases has focused specifically on their political activities. Proceeding from recent perspectives in international migration studies which suggest that there may be at best only... Read More about Refugees and transnationalism: the experience of Bosnians and Eritreans in Europe.

Life-Cycle and Dispositional Routes into Problem Debt (2001)
Journal Article
Webley, P., & Nyhus, E. (2001). Life-Cycle and Dispositional Routes into Problem Debt. British Journal of Psychology, 92(3), 423-446. https://doi.org/10.1348/000712601162275

Return and reconstruction: missing link or mistaken priority in post-Dayton Bosnia and Herzegovina? (2001)
Journal Article
Black, R. (2001). Return and reconstruction: missing link or mistaken priority in post-Dayton Bosnia and Herzegovina?. The SAIS review of international affairs, 21(2), 177-199. https://doi.org/10.1353/sais.2001.0031

Harnessing the potential of Migration and Return to Promote Development: Applying Concepts to West Africa (2001)
Preprint / Working Paper
Ammassari, S., & Black, R. Harnessing the potential of Migration and Return to Promote Development: Applying Concepts to West Africa. Geneva

This paper provides a state-of-the-art literature review and is intended to stimulate discussions around some of the most salient issues concerning the relationship between migration, return, and development. It outlines the operational framework and... Read More about Harnessing the potential of Migration and Return to Promote Development: Applying Concepts to West Africa.

The limits to transnationalism: Bosnian and Eritrean refugees in Europe as emerging transnational communities (2001)
Journal Article
Al-Ali, N., Black, R., & Koser, K. (2001). The limits to transnationalism: Bosnian and Eritrean refugees in Europe as emerging transnational communities. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 24(4), 578-600. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870120049798

This article explores limitations on the concept of transnationalism, through examination of two empirical case studies of communities characterized by emerging transnational practices. Mirroring recent shifts of attention in studies of transnational... Read More about The limits to transnationalism: Bosnian and Eritrean refugees in Europe as emerging transnational communities.

The Prediction of Self-Reported and Hypothetical Tax-Evasion: Evidence from England, France and Norway (2001)
Journal Article
Webley, P., Cole, M., & Eidjar, O.-P. (2001). The Prediction of Self-Reported and Hypothetical Tax-Evasion: Evidence from England, France and Norway. Journal of Economic Psychology, 22(2), 141-155. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-4870%2801%2900026-5

Environmental refugees: myth or reality? (2001)
Preprint / Working Paper
Black, R. Environmental refugees: myth or reality?

Commitment among Ethical Investors: An Experimental Approach (2001)
Journal Article
Webley, P., Lewis, A., & Mackenzie, C. (2001). Commitment among Ethical Investors: An Experimental Approach. Journal of Economic Psychology, 22(1), 27-42. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-4870%2800%2900035-0

Fifty years of refugee studies: from theory to policy (2001)
Journal Article
Black, R. (2001). Fifty years of refugee studies: from theory to policy. International Migration Review, 35(1), 55-78. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-7379.2001.tb00004.x

This article reviews the growth of the field of refugee studies, focusing on its links with, and impact on, refugee policy. The last fifty years, and especially the last two decades, have witnessed both a dramatic increase in academic work on refugee... Read More about Fifty years of refugee studies: from theory to policy.

The Changing Context of Representation (2000)
Book Chapter
Rao, N. (2000). The Changing Context of Representation. In N. Rao (Ed.), Representation and Community in Western Democracies (1-9). Macmillan

Representation Under Strain: the British Experience (2000)
Book Chapter
Rao, N. (2000). Representation Under Strain: the British Experience. In N. Rao (Ed.), Representation and Community in Western Democracies (51-67). Macmillan

Representation and Community in Western Democracies (2000)
Book
Rao, N. (Ed.). (2000). Representation and Community in Western Democracies. Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230288065

This book of critical essays explores new thinking and new evidence on the role of locally-elected representatives in Western democracies. The book is topical in the light of the intense political and popular interest in the problems of making local... Read More about Representation and Community in Western Democracies.